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Hamed Shafiei Rezvani Nejad

Faculty Member

Dr. Hamed Shafiei Rezvani Nejad

Biography

Dr. Hamed Shafiei (حامد شفیعی) is an Assistant Professor of ESOL and Teacher Education at Utah Valley University. He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction specializing in ESOL/Bilingual Education from the University of Florida and obtained his master’s degree in TESOL from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Shafiei teaches ESOL courses at UVU and guides pre-service teacher candidates to develop the skills needed to excel as educators of Multilingual Learners (MLs) in mainstream inclusive classroom settings.

Before joining UVU, Dr. Shafiei served as a general education teacher in Florida where he taught English Language Arts and Social Studies for a period of two years and became a certified K-6 teacher.

Dr. Shafiei’s research interests center around differentiated instruction for ML students in mainstream inclusive classrooms. His work examines how elementary teachers differentiate instruction for ML students to address these students' instructional and linguistic needs.

Education

PhD, University of Florida, 2021

Major: Curriculum & Instruction, ESOL/ Bilingual Education

MA, West Chester University of Pennsylvania , 2014

Major: TESOL

BA, Azad University of Rasht, 2007

Major: English Language & Literature

Teaching

EDEL 443G

Teaching Methods for English Learners GI WE, Spring 2025

EDEL 443G

Teaching Methods for English Learners GI WE, Spring 2025

EDEL 443G

Teaching Methods for English Learners GI WE, Spring 2025

EDEL 443G

Teaching Methods for English Learners GI WE, Spring 2025

EDEL 443G

Teaching Methods for English Learners GI WE, Spring 2025

Presentations

Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed (Presenter & Author), National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), "Differentiation for Multilingual Learners_ A Matter of Teachers’ Perceptions of Differentiated Instruction", Anaheim, California. (November 14, 2024)
Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed (Presenter & Author), Patch, Mike (Co-Presenter), UT NAME Conference , "Clinical Experiences and Teacher Preparedness to Work with Multilingual Students in Inclusive Classrooms", West Valley City, UT. (February 24, 2024)
Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed (Presenter & Author), American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) , "Responding to monolingual policies_ A matter of teacher ideology", Virtual. (March 21, 2021)
Long, Andrew (Presenter & Author), Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed (Presenter & Author), Chakraborty, Riya (Presenter & Author), SSTESOL Conference , "It’s like fuel: Educator collaboration for English learners in Rural Schools", Virtual . (November, 2020)
Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed (Presenter & Author), The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), "Multilingualism leading to multicultural education despite monolingual mandates! A matter of teacher ideology", Virtual . (October, 2020)
Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed (Presenter & Author), National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), "To be in the English language learners’ shoes_ Qualitative study on the role of motivation", Orlando, FL. (March, 2019)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed , (2024) "Differentiated instruction for English learners_ Teachers’ understanding and practices" (Issue: e817, vol. 00). US: TESOL Journal, Wiley . http://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.817
Coady, Maria R, Marichal, Nidza , Olszewska, Aleksandra , Ankeny, Raisa , Long, Andrew , Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed , Chakraborty, Riya , (2023) "“It's like fuel”: Igniting rural English learner education through place-conscious professional development" (Issue: 1, vol. 39). US: Journal of Research in Rural Education.
Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed , Coady, Maria R, (2019) "English learners’ perceptions of motivation" (Issue: 2, vol. 12). Florida: SSTESOL Journal .
Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, Hamed , (2019) "Second language writing assessment and rater effects" (Issue: 3, vol. 12). Florida: SSTESOL Journal .